Wednesday 12th April, 2017

Accra, April 12,
GNA - Hundreds of Ghanaian football lovers will gather at the Junction Mall on
April 22, with the hope of breaking the world record of the most accurate
football passes.
The record-breaking
event is part of activities to mark the grand opening of West Africa’s largest
sports store – Decathlon Ghana.
The current world
record of accurate football pass

Accra, April 12,
GNA - Hundreds of Ghanaian football lovers will gather at the Junction Mall on
April 22, with the hope of breaking the world record of the most accurate
football passes.

The record-breaking
event is part of activities to mark the grand opening of West Africa’s largest
sports store – Decathlon Ghana.

The current world
record of accurate football passes stands at 596 accurate passes and is held by
members of the Qatar Petrochemical Company, (QAPCO).

The event will take
place at the Junction Mall, where Decathlon has acquired a 1,250 square foot
space.

The Country Manager
of Decathlon Ghana, Kwasi Tabury, said Decathlon is proud to be leading
Ghanaians to break the Guinness World Record on the most accurate football
passes. “Ghana is known for its love of football and I think it is only proper
that we carve our place in history by setting this record.”

To breathe life
into the company’s operations in the country, Decathlon intends to regularly
engage in various sporting disciplines with customers and interested Ghanaians
at their Nungua premises. The company believes this will facilitate collecting
accurate data to design products to meet both the environmental and technical
needs of the Ghanaian market.

“Our idea is to
change the lives of people so we want to encourage people to do more sports
because it is good for our health, and promotes better living, said Mr Tabury.

The Decathlon store
at the Junction Mall will be a one stop shop for more than 40 sports
disciplines including, Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Hockey, Lawn Tennis etc. The store will be a place where fans and
players of lesser known sports in Ghana would get their sporting gear.

Decathlon is
committed to making sports affordable for all and has launched the Sports for
All Campaign (#sports4all), a campaign dedicated at encouraging every Ghanaian
to pick up sports as a lifestyle.

Decathlon is a
French sports equipment and sportswear company founded in 1976. They sell
sports products in more than 1,100 stores in 27 countries around the world and
develop their own products.